Hello first period since May, nice of you to appear conveniently two days before I go camping (started yesterday). Add to that cramps last night at 3:30a.m. so bad that I was up for an hour an a half of misery. Hopefully tonight and while camping it will calm down...I'm pretty bloated and ucky feeling, which is always good for camping, swimming, and hiking, right?

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I've had cramps that keep waking me up at silly o'clock and generally making me miserable for about 3 weeks now and I only just started my 7 day pill break today. At first I thought it wasn't period related at all but now I'm wondering if it's because I didn't have a break last month. Stupid periods blah.

So boring story even more boring, I had spotting that started about two weeks after my last period and has continued for a month. So I called my doctor and she said it may be cause the IUD that I have is irritating the uterus or thinning the lining or something like that, and she prescribed me estradiol, which is estrogen essentially, for 7 days. I also took a pregnancy test beforehand on the off chance that i was, but it was negative, so not that.

Has anyone taken this before, or know of if there is anything to worry about in regards to taking the estrogen?

I am feeling completely wiped out by this one. I need to be doing laundry, getting organized, and at least thinking about packing for a trip tomorrow, and every single thing I do feels like so much effort that I need to sit down and rest for 10 minutes afterwards (I'm talking about stuff like taking a bath - seriously). There also does not seem to be enough food IN THE WORLD to satisfy me today. So now it's 2:30 pm and I'm sitting here in my bathrobe, feeling approximately equal parts shitty and guilty; it doesn't help that it's absolutely gorgeous outside. BLECH.

uterus, thou art mine enemy. for two days i have done nothing but sprawl on various pieces of furniture and eat increasingly shameful combinations of bread and fat. like, pizza --> triscuit and sauerkraut sandwiches dipped in vegenaise --> scoops of earth balance rolled in panko. oh, and also chocolate. but tonight i looked at the dishes in the sink and had some vague, fleeting thoughts about washing them, so maybe by tomorrow morning i'll start turning back into a human again.

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My dumb period started last Friday. Today, I was having some alone time, but couldn't get off to save my freakin' life. I finally gave up, since I had to get ready for work, only to realize there was bloody bits on my vibrator. Gross. It's been over a forking week! Out, out damn spotting! Gah!

_________________I just brought out the carrot sticks. This is war. - paprikapapaya

Running out of pads+super heavy day=bleeding through tampons and having to change underwear three times. Gah, finally was able to go to the store tonight, but that was annoying. In other news, apparently shampoo gets out blood stains amazingly well. Who knew?!?

My period has been so forking irregular lately. In the past few months my cycles have been 21, 23, 31, and 28 days long, in that order. My cycle use to be 29-31 days like clockwork. what the fizzle body. I think I'm going to have to suck it up and go on birth control, I don't want to deal with this craziness anymore.

fork you period.every one gets worse. i am seriously considering going back on HBC even though it was really bad when i was on it. Can't i just go to the vet and get spayed and then not have to worry about this shiitake any more?

Over the past few months I've been getting shorter cycles than I used to, and based on that I was expecting my period to turn up around the end of last month. Instead it's just sort of hanging over me, giving me terrible skin, a very bad temper, and not actually arriving.

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Over the past few months I've been getting shorter cycles than I used to, and based on that I was expecting my period to turn up around the end of last month. Instead it's just sort of hanging over me, giving me terrible skin, a very bad temper, and not actually arriving.

I went through the same, and now my cycles are suuuuper long. Except when they're not. I have a period tracker iphone app which predicts my period based on my average cycle, and it is always so wrong. I keep losing weight for some reason (seriously, it doesn't make any sense and a doctor's visit just confirmed that I'm anemic) so I think that might be a factor, but the iron pills I'm taking aren't doing shiitake. So I guess I'm just bisqueing about perma-PMS with no eventual flow. Annoying!

I hate this, and in addition to that, seems like my cycle is getting shorter. Used to be every 30 days, now it's every 28 days. This suks :(

This is my period exactly ! what the fizzle?!? I hate that I get it sooner than I use to. I've had a 30 day cycle for decades. Now I've gotten every 21-28 days. Once a month sucks bad enough, I don't need it twice a month. Ugh!!!

Here's my rant: Has anyone else noticed that their cycle has sort of... changed as they've gotten older? I'm not sure if my changes are due to aging, diet (went from vegetarian to vegan 2-3 years ago) or some other external factor, but I know that it sucks way more than it used to. When I was in my late teens/early 20s I was on the pill and had like two days of light bleeding and no cramps, but the pill gave me crazy mood swings so I eventually went off it. Once I was off it the bad cramps/heavier flow returned, but it was extremely regular for a few years (always a 28-29 day cycle, plus I'd get in a shitty mood/cramps about 2-3 days before as sort of a warning). Now for the last couple years it's been a little less regular (25-30 day cycle), and I don't really get the warning PMS days either, so sometimes I'll just be out and about and be like "Oh shiitake, I think I just started bleeding and now I hurt like hell?" Luckily I have enough foresight to keep a little "period kit" in my purse (a few tampons, couple doses of ibuprofen) but the surprise ambush is really annoying. Also, I feel like my flow is staying heavier for longer. After I went off the pill it was only really heavy for the first couple days, then light for 3-4 days after that, but now I get I heavy flow for a solid 3 days and then light to moderate after that. When I say "heavy" I mean bleeding through a tampon in like an hour, which never used to happen. I used to be able to get away with wearing a tampon and a light liner on the first day or so, but now I've found that I have to wear a tampon AND a full-blown pad on that first couple days unless I'm in my house and know I'll be able to change it every four seconds. I've bled through my clothes more times in the past year than I have in the years since i started menstruating (about 16?) combined. And let's discuss the horrific cramps and the hearty diet of ibuprofen I'm consuming every month just to be pain-free enough to be a functional human being. Healthy! Oh, and those period-related skin breakouts. Thankfully they're not as bad as they were when I was a teenager, but it still sucks to get a giant cystic zit on the middle of your forehead.

Joined: Wed Oct 20, 2010 5:36 pmPosts: 1692Location: the land of too much wine and wind

PMS is starting to make me completely batshit crazy, like in the I-think-I-legitimately-have-a-problem way. Not good.

Also, for the last several periods, my cup has been leaking more than normal. It keeps getting shifted around. I've been using it for years without many issues. Maybe I've started putting it in too high, or maybe my vagina is tilted somehow? Can that even happen? I don't know what the deal is.

_________________I just brought out the carrot sticks. This is war. - paprikapapaya

Also, for the last several periods, my cup has been leaking more than normal. It keeps getting shifted around. I've been using it for years without many issues. Maybe I've started putting it in too high, or maybe my vagina is tilted somehow? Can that even happen? I don't know what the deal is.

Maybe your body is changing and you need to "upgrade" to the bigger size?